grandson
part of speech
noun (a grandson, grandsons)
meaning for a pupil
A grandson is the son of your son or daughter; a boy is the grandson of his grandparents. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Legend says Sefer Yetzirah passed from Jeremiah to his grandson Ben Sira, and then to Ben Sira's son Uziel and grandson Joseph. Tradition thus pictures the book as secret wisdom handed down in a family. In the primary lessons: Used in family trees and stories about families. A grandson is a grandchild; a girl is a granddaughter. In maths word problems about families and ages, grandsons and granddaughters are counted as grandchildren. Phrases: proud of her grandson, my eldest grandson.
examples
- In the Alphabet of nen Sira Josef ben Uziel is also mentioned as a grandson (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- There are also legends that Jeremiah and his grandson Ben Sira studied together the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- "This is the Sefer Yetzirah, which Ben Sira revealed to his son Uziel, and his grandson Joseph. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Grandma is proud of her grandson for winning the race. tree →
- Mr Brown has three grandsons and two granddaughters. tree →
- Leo is the grandson of the old fisherman. tree →
- The farmer left the farm to his grandson. tree →
- Our neighbour's grandson visits every summer. tree →
- Granddad took his grandson to the football match. tree →
note
One word, no hyphen. Plural grandsons. Female form: granddaughter (note the double d). «Grandchildren» covers both grandsons and granddaughters.
In the corpora
- Emma was dared to prank-call a random number; a grandma answered, frightened it was bad news about her grandson.
- Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, conquered the land of Kalinga in a terrible war in which very many people died.
- Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya's grandson, conquered the land of Kalinga in a terrible war in which very many people died.
- Genghis's grandson Kublai Khan conquered China and founded the Yuan dynasty, with his capital where Beijing is now.
- onUk is grandson and onUka granddaughter, the granny's words for her grandchildren.
Trees and pragmatics
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